Drawing and Painting

Beginning Observational Drawing Series

This series of three-week classes is suitable for students with varied backgrounds and experiences in drawing. Each class will introduce students to the specific tools, techniques, vocabulary, and creative possibilities of this medium.

Monday
Jul 15 - Jul 29
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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Beginning Observational Drawing Series

This series of three-week classes is suitable for students with varied backgrounds and experiences in drawing. Each class will introduce students to the specific tools, techniques, vocabulary, and creative possibilities of this medium.

Monday
Jun 24 - Jul 8
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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Sundays, 1:00—5:00 p.m. / Mondays, 7:00—9:00 p.m. / No Coop July 7 and 8

Throughout the year, Continuing Education sponsors the Life Drawing Co-op, an open session for anyone interested in drawing from the live nude model. While an MCAD staff member is present to facilitate, there is no instruction provided. / Drawing horses and easels are available. / Cash only, please. / There is no registration–just show up!

• Semester Unlimited Pass: $50, all students

• Daily Drop-In Rate:

Monday, Sunday
Jun 2 - Aug 5
Sundays: 1:00-5:00 p.m. / Mondays: 7:00-9:00 p.m.
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It is often assumed that only professional artists and illustrators can draw well. However, if concerns about artistic quality are eliminated, drawing or sketching can become a powerful communication tool. For example, a quick sketch may more effectively communicate complicated ideas than a one-thousand word document. During this class, students will learn the importance of becoming a visual thinker and how to create an effective quick sketch. In this class students will explore the many creative facets of the quick sketch and learn to develop an individualized style and method.

Online - Asynchronous
Aug 26 - Sep 27
Online - Asynchronous
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Drawing is remembering; the act of observation and translation onto paper leaves an indelible impression on the memory. In this introductory observational drawing class, students will gain the skills to record architectural spaces through drawing, enabling participants to move away from relying on photography or video to record the experience of visiting spaces and places.

Wednesday
Jun 26 - Jul 24
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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The visual journal can be a place of exploration that is portable, economical and inter-disciplinary. Daily journal entries can include and are not limited to drawings, paintings, collages, digital renderings and photography, paper engineering, written observations, and more.

Online - Asynchronous
Jun 3 - Aug 9
Online - Asynchronous
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Beginning Observational Drawing Series

This series of three-week classes is suitable for students with varied backgrounds and experiences in drawing. Each class will introduce students to the specific tools, techniques, vocabulary, and creative possibilities of this medium.

Monday
Jun 3 - Jun 17
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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This introductory class is tailored to those who have never painted and who are ready to take the plunge, and for more advanced painters who want to keep their current skills honed.

Working in our spacious, professional painting studio, students will use oil (strongly recommended) or acrylic paint to learn basic techniques of this expansive medium. The fundamental elements of color, design, form, and content will be explored through studio work and slide lectures. / Some basic knowledge of drawing is recommended. / Open to students ages 16 and above.

Monday
Jun 3 - Aug 5
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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The goal of this class is to provide students with the skills and tools necessary to express themselves as painters of the landscape.

Students in the class will begin by learning insights into how to approach the landscape to find a compelling composition. Students will then work from a limited color palette in order to maintain spontaneity and to capture the fugitive nature of landscape elements, such as light and movement.

Saturday
Jun 1 - Aug 3
9:30 a.m.-noon
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The act of drawing from the live human form can feel intimidating. The key to success lies in a sound understanding of the creative problem-solving process, in combination with an acknowledgment and recognition of one's own "creative DNA."

Thursday
May 30 - Aug 1
6:30-9:30 p.m. (no class July 4)
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